2013-D Fort McHenry

Denver's 2013 Fort McHenry came in at 159,600,000 pieces, well above the 120 million Philadelphia produced for the same design and one of the largest D-mint ATB mintages in the entire series. The number reflects the year's broader pattern of heavier D-mint orders and the Federal Reserve's regional quarter demand running heaviest west of the Mississippi through 2013. Joseph Menna's reverse shows the bastioned star plan of Fort McHenry from above with a garrison flag flying over the parade ground, marking the site whose September 1814 defense produced the verses that became the national anthem.

D-mint examples on this issue tend to read cleanly across the long production run because Denver maintained tight die-rotation discipline through the late stages of 2013. Look at the five bastion points for strike sharpness; well-struck examples show crisp angular definition and clean shadow lines, while late-die-state coins begin to round the bastion corners. The garrison flag is the secondary anchor and is where the first soft-strike penalty typically lands. The clad composition (75% copper-nickel outer layers over a pure copper core, 5.67 grams) is the standard since 1965, so authentication concerns are negligible and the high-grade market runs through PCGS and NGC slabs (the two major third-party grading services). Roll hunters find MS65 examples in original D-mint rolls easily.

The 2013-D Fort McHenry carries a Regular classification and trades as one of the most available dates in the entire ATB series. Population reports at MS67 and MS68 are deep, with even MS68+ examples reaching the market through ongoing registry submissions. Pricing through MS67 stays modest and real premium spend makes sense only at MS68+ or in the small MS69 population. Set builders pursuing a full circulation run find this date among the easiest acquisitions. For the broader story of the ATB program and the series' design arc, see the Washington ATB series history.